Bad: man killed in Wal-Mart carjacking, Denver

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Man Killed In Stapleton Carjacking - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver...

"Run for your life from the man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another-their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun."

Let's see - carjacking is illegal, murder is illegal, hum - maybe they should try a gun ban - that would have prevented this from happening. They just didn't have enough or the right kind of laws on the books. Never go unarmed to Wal-Mart.

"Run for your life from the man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another-their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun."

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"It is the tradition that a Kentuckian never runs. He does not have to…[he] is entitled to stand his ground, and meet any (life-threatening) attack made upon him with a deadly weapon…." Gibson v. KY, 34SW936(Ky.1931)

"We want people to feel safe and they should be able to go out into their neighborhoods into the evening. And I would like them to know that they can, because we are there," Hahn said. "I believe we have shown we're out there and we're doing our job. We responded quickly. We were able to find the vehicle, the victim right away."

Wal-Mart shoppers are a little on edge.

Yes, they're on edge, though I'm certain it's merely because they feel fear. Fear due to the lion being in the back yard.

The police are doing their jobs. But citizens are failing to do theirs. There's the rub. Citizens have largely abdicated their responsibility for safety and security to "others."

The real reason that people should be on edge is something completely different, something they cannot yet fathom: because, in spite of what the police can do for them, police cannot prevent such things from happening.

Yes, they're on edge, though I'm certain it's merely because they feel fear. Fear due to the lion being in the back yard.

The police are doing their jobs. But citizens are failing to do theirs. There's the rub. Citizens have largely abdicated their responsibility for safety and security to "others."

The real reason that people should be on edge is something completely different, something they cannot yet fathom: because, in spite of what the police can do for them, police cannot prevent such things from happening.

When will people learn? When, indeed.

Well said!

You'd think the church shootings in Colorado some months back that received lots of press coverage would have been enough of a kick-in-the-pants to motivate more folks into carrying around here... there's just not enough of us out there yet.